Arya was taken to the place where her family was kept. The place was located at Northern part of the country which can be reached just by car.It took Arya ten hours to reach the place.
She opened the car window slowly and smelled the sweet fresh air. It was a beautiful province where there was abundant greenery with lots of trees. This place was gifted with natural beauty.
When she finally reached her destination and stepped out of the car, she couldn"t help her tears from flowing as she saw her family standing outside the house waiting for her arrival.
"What happened? Why are you all standing outside?" Arya asked. Her voice choking with emotions and eyes filled with tears.
"Rita called and said you have almost reached here and Reese wanted to wait for you outside." Arya"s mom embraced her and said then frowned when saw her daughter crying.
"Big sis", shouted Reese and opened her arms wide to be carried by Arya. "Why are you crying sis?" Asked Reese when she saw tears in her eyes.
"Your Big Sis is too happy to see you all. These are the tears of joy. Come here; let"s see if you have gained more weight." She smiled and said as she lifted and carried her little sister in her arms.
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Inside the house, Arya"s father spoke, "Hon, you take Reese to rest in her room. I want to talk to Arya alone."
Her mom nodded and picked up Reese from Arya"s lap and left quietly.
"Daughter, what"s going on? Why are we here? The woman named Rita told me you had an agreement with their company." Her father asked while confusion can be seen in his eyes.
He paused and then added, "And who was that man? Was he the Ryu Ken of Ramada and one of the grandsons of Head Master Ken of RK Summit Holdings, Inc. Group of Companies?"
Arya sighed; there was no point in hiding anything from her father so she told him everything.
Her dad was an open-minded person and she doesn"t hide anything from him and her mom except her relations.h.i.+p with Jim during college since her dad was against her being in a relations.h.i.+p while still studying.
Hearing all that Arya said her father felt very dejected and incapable of even protecting his family and daughter.
"I am sorry my child. It"s all my fault, I should have protected you well." Her dad burst out crying.
His daughter had gone through so much because of his stupidity.
Arya hugged her dad tightly.
"It"s not your fault dad. There are so many greedy and evil people in the world who can go to any lengths and care about no one to obtain their goal. Besides, don"t you always say that everything happens for a reason so maybe there"s a reason for whatever happened." She said as she patted her dad"s back.
"Don"t feel bad anymore; what is important is that we are all safe now. This place is much better for Reese"s health too." Arya added as she comforted her dad.
"About the company, Rita has arranged everything you just need to sign the papers. I believe you don"t need to keep the old one. Let"s start all over again dad." Arya suggested.
Then she explained that the transfer of company was included in the contract. Tan Corporation will be handed to Rita"s group in exchange with a large sum of amount to help them start over again.
She heard her dad sigh and said, "Alright, let"s do that and start anew here."
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Arya looked around and noticed that the house was big enough for them; the size was the same as the Mansion they used to live in back in the City.
She went inside her new room and sat on the side of the bed. She couldn"t stop her emotions from flooding in and cried helplessly, her heart was aching so much. She felt like there"s dagger stabbing continuously in her heart.
She wanted to ask Ryu to wait for her but she didn"t have enough courage to do so. She was not that thick skinned to demand anything after what she had done to him.
She believed that if they were meant to be then somehow...
Arya shook her head on this thought, it was better not to expect anything at all. She raised her hand and looked at the diamond ring Ryu gave her, she was still wearing it.
She intentionally did not return it to Ryu because this was the only thing that will remind her how unworthy she was of his love, the only thing that will help her to keep her distance from him for ten months.
"Will you still feel the same after ten months?" She thought to herself as she stared at the diamond ring that was sparkling in her finger.
Ten months in hiding. Arya sighed. Will she ever see him again? Could she even face him if ever their paths crossed accidentally? So many "what ifs" started running in her head.
She just hoped Ryu would be fine but her heart was hurting inside thinking with the possibility of him hating her or worst was forgetting about her as time pa.s.sed by.
Arya took out her new phone. "What"s the use of this?" she complained in her heart. Rita confiscated her old phone saying they need to contain it.
Arya sighed deeply. She was hopeful that the ten months" time will pa.s.s quickly without her realizing, and may be then she would try to find Ryu, if circ.u.mstances permit.
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Chen and Butler Omni stayed at Ryu"s apartment the whole night.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" Butler Omni suddenly asked.
Chen chuckled. They were both on the couch watching a reality show in the television.
"I am happy being alone so far," Chen answered in a jest as he drank his soda.
"Why? Are you afraid of experiencing pain?" Butler Omni asked.
Then he added, "Someone says that Love is the master key that unlocks the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and most important of all, the gates of fear."
"Then there"s another saying I remembered - it is better to travel than to arrive. The journey of love has been rather a lacerating, if well-worth-it, journey." Butler Omni continued.
Chen just scratched his head. Butler Omni"s lines were too much for him to comment further.